GEORGE EMIL EMINSANG: THE FIRST WESTERN EDUCATED LAWYER IN THE WEST AFRICA, A...
George Emil Eminsang (ca 1833 – 1901) was the first Western-educated lawyer on Gold Coast (now Ghana), an unquestionable authority on aboriginal laws, an expert in commercial commercial law (in today`s...
View ArticleKOBINA SEKYI: NATIONALIST LAWYER, HARDCORE PAN-AFRICANIST, LAST PRESIDENT OF...
William Esuman-Gwira Sekyi, better known as Kobena Sekyi (1 November 1892, Cape Coast – 1956) was a nationalist lawyer, politician, writer  a celebrated Pan-Africanist in the Gold Coast (now Ghana). As...
View ArticleTHE GREAT AKWASIDAE FESTIVAL OF THE ASANTE PEOPLE
To every African, festivals hold a special place in everyday life. They are occasions for re-union, remembrance and merry-making. Festivals are also occasions of mixed feelings as the dead are...
View ArticleK. O. MBADIWE: CELEBRATED NIGERIAN NATIONALIST, PAN-AFRICANIST, FEMINIST...
Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe or K O Mbadiwe(1915–1990) was a celebrated Nigerian nationalist, Pan-Africanist, politician, feminist advocate, statesman and former government minister. He was one time...
View ArticleIFE PEOPLE: ANCIENT ARTISTIC, HIGHLY SPIRITUAL AND THE FIRST YORUBA PEOPLE
Ife people are ancient, originally spiritual, highly advanced artistic and agriculturalist Yoruboid-speaking people that forms the sub-group of the larger Yoruba people of West Africa, particularly in...
View ArticleMBONU OJIKE: NIGERIAN NATIONALIST, PAN-AFRICANIST, CULTURAL CRUSADER AND THE...
Mazi Mbonu Ojike (1912-1959) was an outspoken and fearless Nigerian nationalist, great pan-Africanist, an African cultural crusader, an an author and an activist for social justice and racial equality....
View ArticleSARA (KAMEENI) PEOPLE: ANCIENT SUN-WORSHIPING PEOPLE OF AFRICA
The Sara (Kameeni) are an amalgamation of ancient Sun-worshiping, fishery and sedentary agriculturalist Bongo-Bargimi-speaking people of Nilo-Saharan origins residing in southern Chad and Central...
View ArticleDUALA (DOUALA) PEOPLE: ONE OF THE CAMEROONIAN COASTAL ETHNIC GROUP TO HAVE...
The Duala (or Douala) are expert trading, skillful fishery and agriculturalist Bantu-speaking ethnolinguistic group of the forest region of southern Cameroon living on the estuary of the Wouri River....
View ArticleBAKWERI PEOPLE: ANCIENT FIERCE FIGHTERS, TRADITIONALLY SPIRITUAL,...
The Bakweri (or Kwe) are ancient fierce fighters, traditionally spiritual, customs-abiding and agriculturalist Mokwe-speaking people of Bantu origins who live on the steep but fertile slopes of the...
View ArticleEWONDO (YAUNDE) PEOPLE: THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF YAOUNDE, THE CAPITAL OF...
Ewondo or Yaunde are rain-forest agro-fishery and Kolo-speaking people of the larger Beti-Pahuin ethnic group of Bantu origin residing predominantly at Yaounde, the Capital city of Cameroon. In fact,...
View ArticleJOHN KABES: PROMINENT AFRICAN TRADER, ENTREPRENEUR, STATE-BUILDER AND ONE OF...
John Kabes (John Cabess or John Cabes) (c. 1640s-1722) was a prominent African trader, entrepreneur and a State-builder in the port city of Komenda, part of the Eguafo Kingdom, in the Gold Coast...
View ArticleBEMBA PEOPLE: MATRILINEAL, AGRARIAN AND THE THE LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP IN THE...
The Bemba ('BaBemba or 'Awemba' or 'BaWemba') are a cluster of matrilineal and agriculturalist ChiBemba-speaking ethnolinguistic group of Bantu extraction living in the northeastern high plateau of...
View ArticleCHIEF OLUWA (AMADU TIJANI): GREAT NIGERIAN NATIONALIST, PAN-AFRICANIST AND A...
Amodu Tijani, Chief Oluwa of Lagos, was a Nationalist leader and Idejo Chief who controlled a series of villages and towns in the Lagos area. He was an ardent founding member of the first...
View ArticleOGBIDI OKOJIE (ONOJIE OF UROMI): WARRIOR, NATIONALIST, AND THE GREATEST RULER...
Ogbidi Okojie, Onojie (king) of Uromi (1857 - February 3, 1944) was a great Nigerian Nationalist, freedom fighter and arguably the greatest ruler of the Esan people in what is now Edo State in Nigeria....
View ArticleESAN (ISHAN) PEOPLE: aCIENT WARRIORS, HIGHLY HOMOGENEOUS AND VIBRANT EDUCATED...
Esan (Ishan) people are ancient militaristic, highly homogeneous vibrant agro-fishery and Edoid-speaking people living in the Edo State, South-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Esan people who are...
View ArticleNII KWABENA BONNIE III: RADICAL GHANAIAN NATIONALIST, TRADITIONAL RULER AND...
Nii Kwabena Bonnie III also known as Kwamla Theodore Taylor was a Gold Coast (Ghanaian) radical nationalist, traditional ruler and the single most successful massive boycott organizer of all time in...
View ArticleMBOCHI (M`BOSHI/BOUBANGUI) PEOPLE: POWERFUL ANCIENT TRADERS, AGRARIAN AND...
The Mbochi (or M'Boshi) are a cluster of closely related ancient traders, boat-building and agro-fishery central African ethnic group of Bantu origin whose population is concentrated in the northern...
View ArticleTEKE (BATEKE/TIO) PEOPLE: ANCIENT RIVERINE WARRIORS, CULTURAL DOMINANT AND...
The Teke people (Tio/Bateke) are an amalgamation of agriculturalist, skillful fishermen and powerful river-traders as well as Kiteke-speaking ethnic group of Central African Bantu origins. They occupy...
View ArticleNKUSUKUM PEOPLE: HIGHLY INTELLECTUAL AND FEARLESS ETHNIC FANTE SUB-GROUP WHO...
Nkusukum are one of the matriarchal, highly educated, fearless and agriculturalist Fantse-speaking people that forms the subset of the larger Borbor Mfantse (Fante) ethnolingusitic group residing in...
View ArticleAMA ATA AIDOO: ONE OF THE AFRICA`S OLDEST BEST AUTHOR, FEMINIST, ACADEMICIAN,...
 "As Always.... a Painful Declaration          of Independence I have been happy being me: an African a woman and a writer. Just take your racism          your sexism...
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